Zdeněk Rygel

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Zdeněk Rygel
Personal information
Date of birth (1951-03-01) 1 March 1951 (age 73)
Place of birth Ostrava, Czechoslovakia
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Baník Michálkovice
1966–1972
Baník Ostrava
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1972–1983
Baník Ostrava
257 (7)
1983–1984
EPA Larnaca
1984–1986
Zbrojovka Brno
International career
1974–1975 Czechoslovakia 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Olympic medal record
Representing  Czechoslovakia
Men's Football
Gold medal – first place 1980 Moscow Team Competition

Zdeněk Rygel (born 1 March 1951, in

player from Czechoslovakia. He was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow
. Rygel obtained a total number of four caps for his native country, between 1974-04-27 and 1975-06-07.

He played for

Baník Ostrava and contributed to the best period in the history of the club. During his years as a player of the club, Baník won the Czechoslovak First League in 1976, 1980 and 1981. Baník also won the Czechoslovak Cup
in 1978.

He is the father of footballer Daniel Rygel.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Rygel se chce z Neratovic odrazit do první ligy" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 26 March 2003. Retrieved 23 January 2012.